Sex wars: Ant queens take sperm from males of other species

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 23:00 in Biology & Nature

All’s fair in love and war – particularly when love is war. Scientists studying the habits of two related species of harvester ants have discovered that during sex, the queens will essentially steal sperm from unwitting male ants of the other species.

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